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  1. 04-26-2002, 03:59 PM #1
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    freezing sound/video/comp

    problem: my computer (even more recently) freezes, when it does it gets little green dots (between 5-10 I would say) on the top part of the screen, and the picture freezes, and the sound stops. I have had this problem on all these OS's 95se/98/98SE/ME/2kpro/XPpro. I have tried at least 10 different versions (newer and older) of my video card drivers (i have a leadtek winfast GeForce 2 PRO). I dont think its a sound issue, since the MoBo (IWILL KA-266) has onboard audio which I use. I dont think its with a particular program, because I have done SO many formats. Its not a virus i dont think because of so many fdisk/formats and that I have norton2k2 corperate with the latest updates and it finds no virii. Not that it matters, but I have norton personal firewall 2k2 with the latest updates. sys specs here:

    1.333GHz T-bird
    Iwill-KA266 mobo
    256mb crucial PC2100 DDR
    40GB Maxtor (7200RPM)


    I cant think of anything else...I update most of my drivers, and i keep my stuff pretty well organized, I know a fair amt. about computers so its kinda embarrasing to come here with this problem, but I CANNOT seem to fix it.
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  2. 04-26-2002, 04:08 PM #2
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    Have you tried the normal things like turning off AGP 4* and fastwrites in the BIOS.
    What OS are you currently using?
    Are your system temps ok?
    Is your vid card properly seated ( its worth taking it out and putting it back in again.
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  3. 04-26-2002, 04:21 PM #3
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    Is the video card overclocked? If so, try backing off the overclock a notch.
    Do you have the WinFox utility installed?
    If so, how are the temps on the video card? Could be overheating.
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    i am not OC'd anywhere in my system. I am running fine for temps (less than 50°C). I have a system fan right below the video card, sucking air off of it (and the vid. card fan blows down, so they work together) I dont have winfox installed, and the video card temps are fine.



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  6. 04-28-2002, 11:49 AM #5
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  7. 04-28-2002, 01:42 PM #6
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    Try flashing the BIOS, i used to get the same problem on a Gigabyte board and the suggested fix was to flash the BIOS, apparantly this fixed it. I never tried it though as after i upgraded to XP it never happened again.
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